Wikimedia Research Showcase - February 2026

Bonus Episode: Privacy’s Defender

While How to Fix the Internet is on hiatus, we wanted to share a great conversation with you from earlier this week. EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn spoke wit…

Which Critical Government IT Systems Are Most In Need of Modernization?

Each year, the federal government spends more than $100 billion on IT systems and cyber-related investments. About 80% of this funding goes to operating and mai…

Our 2025 Assessment of NASA's Major Projects

NASA plans to invest billions this year on major projects, including those that would return American astronauts to the moon. For our annual report on NASA. We …

The Financial Sector is Increasing Its Use of Artificial Intelligence. What’s the Risk?

The financial services sector is increasingly using artificial intelligence to automate services and decisions. While this could provide benefits for consumers,…

Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Critical Infrastructure Services, But It Comes with Risks

Artificial intelligence could be used to improve services and utilities we use every day—such as electricity, water, transportation, banking, and more. But AI c…

FDA's Foreign Inspections of Drug Manufacturers Have Not Rebounded to Pre-Pandemic Levels

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspects drug manufacturers here and overseas to ensure the safety and quality of drug sold in the United States. But FDA…

Open Source Beats Authoritarianism

What if we thought about democracy as a kind of open-source social technology, in which everyone can see the how and why of policy making, and everyone’s concer…

Trudi Radtke on InclusiveAccess.org

In this month's episode, Jennryn Wetzler, CC's Director of Learning and Training, talks all things Open Education and Inclusive Access Textbooks with Trudi Radt…

Wordle and the Web We Need

Where is the internet we were promised? It feels like we’re dominated by megalithic, siloed platforms where users have little or no say over how their data is u…

Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker of Smarthistory

On this episode, we're joined by art historians, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, the co-founders and executive directors of Smarthistory. Smarthistory is…

Ein KI-Hammer auf der Suche nach einem Nagel

Es fühlt sich oft an, als würden Machine-Learning-Experten mit einem Hammer herumlaufen und alles als potenziellen Nagel betrachten – sie haben ein System, das …

Sam Williams von Arweave

In dieser Folge von CC's Open Minds führt Anna Tumadóttir, Chief Operating Officer von CC, ein interessantes Gespräch mit Sam Williams, Mitgründer und CEO von A…

The Philosopher King

Computer scientists often build algorithms with a keen focus on “solving the problem,” without considering the larger implications and potential misuses of the …

*Special Episode* CC Roundtable on EU DATA ACT

In this episode, we switch things up from our typical interview style and play back the recording of Creative Commons’ hybrid roundtable on the EU Data Act, whi…

Teaching AI to Its' Targets

Too many young people – particularly young people of color – lack enough familiarity or experience with emerging technologies to recognize how artificial intell…

Damien Riehl & Noah Rubin of All The Music

In this episode of CC's Open Minds, we sit down with programmer, musician, and copyright attorney Damien Riehl, and fellow musician and programmer, Noah Rubin, …